noun
[ U ] ( economics ) the relationship between the cost of doing sth and the value of the benefit that results from it :
cost-benefit analysis
noun
[ U ] ( economics ) the relationship between the cost of doing sth and the value of the benefit that results from it :
cost-benefit analysis
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005